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Securing pharma supply chain: Is now the right time?
in Supplychainer, on June 18, 2009
...be good business if you keep your eye on your key strategic imperatives, be they product integrity, operational efficiency, customer service, or other.
However, in this tough time when cash is the ki...
Gmail drives Enterprise Apps adoption
in The CIO Weblog, on June 17, 2009
... assumption (which, incidentally, I have never seen proven, not in the same way that other critical operational support systems have to be ROI justified). If Gmail is causing CIOs to question the conv...
Chiquita receives 2009 Circle of Excellence award by the Distribution Business Management Association
in Supplychainer, on June 7, 2009
...vesting of the fruit would distort the total carbon value of a banana by 25 percent. Differences in operational efficiency and congestion of ports in California and Mississippi led to different carbon...
The Solúcar Platform (PS20) Solar Power Tower - Now Operational in Spain
in IfEnergy, on May 25, 2009
With all the focus on cars recently, solar energy seems to have moved to thirds place in the public mind, after wind energy. So when I saw this piece in Renewable Energy World I thought I'd use it to bring solar energy up front again for a moment...
Abengoa Solar has started commercial operat...
NetApp Buys Data Domain for $1.5 Billion
in On Storage, on May 20, 2009
... two companies will increase NetApp's reputation for delivering both outstanding efficiency and operational breakthroughs to customers worldwide."
"NetApp, along with EMC, appear to be...
Hedge Fund Administrator of The Year
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on May 13, 2009
... Paper of The Year for 'Inside the Engine Room', published in June 2008, which examined the operational challenges and opportunities for Nordic institutions.
The Global Awards judging panel i...
微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7
in Wangtam, on May 12, 2009
刚才在洛杉矶的 TechEd 2009 会议上，微软 Windows 业务高级副总裁 Bill Veghte 确认，微软确认将于 12 月正式发售 Windows 7。公司旗下的另一款产品，适用于客户端及服务器版本的 Windows Server 2008 R2 也将于同期上市。
微软同时表示，将在今年 7 月向此次年会的参加者放出 Office 2010 的技术预览版。微软的一位产品经理 Ward Ralston 则表示，这并不意味着 Office 2010 步入了正式发布前的阶段。微软尚未公布该产品的发布日期。
微软在半月前推出了首个 RC 版的 Windows 7，这也意味着该...
Celestica receives a supply chain award
in Supplychainer, on April 15, 2009
...ading partners, thereby ensuring that cost and time of implementation are accurate while minimizing operational risks.
"Best-in-Class are six times as likely to be using a SaaS application for s...
Understanding (and Maybe Avoiding) the Peter Principle
in Bizinformer, on April 15, 2009
...porations tend to promote the least competent employees to management positions to try to limit the operational damage they can inflict on their companies. I think it has become a common, though bass...
Compatible Partners: eHarmony Goes Gay
in The Dating Weblog, on March 30, 2009
...;ve noticed few larger dating sites have these folks in mind either. The site is supposed to become operational on April 1st. No joke...
© VideoVillain
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Booz & Company's online working capital profiler
in Supplychainer, on March 21, 2009
... a comparison with the peers in the industry in terms of receivables, inventory and other financial/operational ratios.
You can find the profiler over here . I did try it with the GE symbol and fou...
Simple process to identify critical suppliers
in Supplychainer, on February 19, 2009
...set of data from your suppliers in order to assess the risk. This data range from financial data to operational data and on-the-ground intelligence.
In his post, he raises an interesting question: &q...
Murdoch's woes a warning for the media
in Sox First, on February 6, 2009
...ting than previously thought. As a result, we have been taking actions to preserve a solid level of operational profitability and a strong balance sheet without sacrificing future growth." With ...
Deloitte's new report on supply chain improvement in crisis times
in Supplychainer, on January 30, 2009
...ntory levels and other critical business parameters are driven by customer service requirements and operational capabilities, not financial constraints. But what if the situation was reversed? What if...
Hedge Fund Operational Due Diligence - Book Review
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on January 25, 2009
Informative book by Jason Scharfman on, well, pretty much everything you need to run a hedge fund, from risk management to disaster recovery, all need-to-know material for both investors and hedge fund analysts.
Included are examples of past hedge fund management mistakes, showing exactly w...
Golf Deals in Las Vegas
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 8, 2009
...h.
In essence, you can play four rounds in Vegas at four different courses and stay free at either Harrah's or South Point Hotel and Casino. Prices range from $499 to $699 depending on the pa...
Opening the kimono of your IT department
in The CIO Weblog, on January 5, 2009
...of IT Investment
IT Spending New to Maintenance Ratio
Critical Business Services Availability
Operational Health
The last two have always been more or less available outside the IT departmen...
Social (business) plan: Do we really need it?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on January 4, 2009
...body that you encounter.
- Work with the business plan from three levels: strategic, tactical and operational. Try to balance between those three levels. Most importantly, don't lose yourself in...
Feasting on the carcasses of off-shoring firms
in The CIO Weblog, on January 2, 2009
...ofit from the acquisition's existing business, takeovers are bad for morale and often result in operational difficulties... not the sort of thing you want to inherit as a client.
Those CIOs who a...
Just Another Bugatti? Not at This Price
in Classical Drives, on December 21, 2008
...e of the few 'estimate on request' cars in the sale. This Bug was once part of the mammoth Harrah collection in Reno , Nevada where it was retro-fitted with a supercharger. It is said to have...
Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
...ds to be persistent. This file system was designed for very specific workloads and some of it's operational semantics are non-standard ones. For example, the basic write operation is an append ope...
HourVille: Anything. By The Hour.
in Wangtam, on December 10, 2008
...s Electronics Businesses
• Yahoo Board Weighs Picks for Chief; Sarin on List
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• 通用计算标准OpenCL 1.0正式发布
• 网友不满删帖暴打论坛版主 "我让你删帖"
• 腾讯博弈彩虹：为民还是反民
• Save the Planet and Win ...
Where can we find the cash in supply chain?
in Supplychainer, on December 6, 2008
...egy do more harm than good to the destiny of the company: The reason is clear; because when all the operational improvement project are put on hold and no new investment on supply chain is approved, t...
How to solve the problem of competing with private label products?
in Supplychainer, on November 29, 2008
...9;s what is happening today in many categories.
So the question is how to attack this threat from operational point of view? The answer is very difficult as many of the generic tactics are already b...
Supply chain consulting has entered new zones
in Supplychainer, on September 30, 2008
...logistics cost cutting efforts.
In other words, the traditional focus supply chain consulting was operational cost reduction.
In the last couple of years, the market has grown and the services dem...
Microsoft's Get Virtual launch
in The CIO Weblog, on September 9, 2008
... some serious skin in the game, businesses will be more likely to adopt virtualization as a serious operational approach, and more comfortable taking advantage of the opportunities it can offer. The e...
The 4 Waterfalls of New York
in Wandalust, on August 11, 2008
...til 13 October 2008 was created by the Icelandic/Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. The Waterfalls are operational between 07:00 to 22:00 and are illuminated in the evenings after dark. There are some bea...
Outsourcing as Merger Preparation
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 30, 2008
...breaks the informal network within companies that define how things get done. While this may create operational downside risks, it also paves the way for the prospective merger by eliminating fiefdoms...
Why Offshore Services Are Being Adversely Impacted by the Global Economy
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on July 16, 2008
...s, and telecommunications and infrastructure costs. However, given the still-existing difference in operational costs between on- and off-shore services, there still exists substantial financial incen...
Clueless about XBRL
in Sox First, on July 2, 2008
...ey want to include in financial reports. That may not be the most efficient approach, or may ignore operational improvements you could reap by exploiting XBRL earlier along the line- but a company cou...
$2 Billion Raised for Investcorp's Emerging Hedge Fund Talent Fund
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on July 1, 2008
...anagers along with support for marketing and ongoing risk monitoring to avoid style-drift and other operational concerns. Investcorp's hedge funds team of more than 100 professionals oversees appr...
Who should run software companies?
in The CIO Weblog, on June 25, 2008
...a factor then it's time to pay its due, but in fact Bill has been considerably removed from the operational side of the business for some time now and inertia is such that there isn't likely t...
Electronic Flirting Introduced At Harrah's Las Vegas
in Play Las Vegas, on June 15, 2008
...red by the casino industry as can be seen in the slot machine area of every casino. Now, at various Harrah's properties in Las Vegas, we have "iBars" that allow patrons to feel more at h...
So Spyborgs isn't really Capcom's big Wii Surprise?
in House of Nintendo, on June 14, 2008
...we expected Spyborgs, but it appears like that was only a clever ruse. Behold their fully armed and operational battle station:
from N-Europe:
Issue #25 of NGamer Magazine features a very small pr...
Las Vegas 的赌场开始使用微软的 Surface 触控“桌子”电脑
in Wangtam, on June 12, 2008
继美国第一大移动运营商 AT&T 之后，Las Vegas 的一家赌场成为第二家采用微软"桌子"电脑" Surface "的公司。
Surface 是一个表面安装了 30 英寸触摸屏显示器的工作台，可以接收多个触摸输入信号，因而支持多人同时操作。它还可以自动识别放置在屏幕上的物体。
这是售价高达 1 万美元的 Surface 首次涉足"娱乐圈"，在此之前，AT&T 曾在部分零售商店中使用 Surface ，为用户提供信息、自选产品等服务。
Sun dishes out Java Caps 6
in Java Entrepreneur, on June 12, 2008
...en created using Open ESB community..
So where all it could be helpful?
Data integration
Improved operational visibility and compliance
SOA/ESB/Composite Application Initiatives
What are the benefi...
Betting On Sports In Las Vegas
in Play Las Vegas, on June 10, 2008
...s the NBA Championships where my Lakers are down 2-0 to the revitalized Celtics .
Meanwhile Harrah's, the giant Las Vegas gaming company, which has its paws on virtually everything, and is...
Prepare for Your Prospect's Site Visit
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on June 4, 2008
...ticated clients know to dig deeper - into the facility's technology, its infrastructure and its operational staff.
Generally, back end operational staff do not suffer from the same turnover that ...
New Carbon Tradeoff Management Software
in Supplychainer, on May 25, 2008
...mends best practices to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by analyzing packaging options, alternative operational processes, alternative transportation modes and energy sources, inventory policies, and ...
Polish Ministry of Defense goes for RFID in military supplies
in Supplychainer, on May 25, 2008
...ghth separate defense force deployment of it worldwide. Savi's networked solutions are actively operational with defense forces at NATO headquarters and in the United States, United Kingdom, Austr...
Backing-up to iSCSI Storage with Fast, Scalable Data De-duplication
in On Storage, on May 24, 2008
...swer some questions on how you might improve the efficiencies of not only backups but that of your operational staff also.
Faster backups-tips to run backups up to 90% faster than tape and as much as ...
Supply chain issues in M&A deals
in Supplychainer, on May 13, 2008
... Supply chain and operational efficiency and synergy is the motivation for many of the M&A deals today. However many of such benefit estimation don't materialize after the deal. There are a...
Bye Bye Xohm, Hello Clearwire
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 7, 2008
...ot;For Sprint, which began testing WiMax earlier this year in three markets, the deal eliminates an operational distraction and allows management to return to salvaging its troubled wireless business,...
WSOP Main Event Final Nine To Finish After Halloween
in Internet Poker, on May 4, 2008
... The reports are out from Harrah's announcement on the internet about the changes to their prime event. The World Series of Poker's Main Event final table will be delayed for 117 days ...
Improve the health and performance of your storage infrastructure
in On Storage, on April 22, 2008
...ory:Storage
Location:Online
Details:Looking for a way to improve service levels while reducing the operational costs of maintaining your storage investment? Have you recently experienced an applicati...
Economics and ecology brought together with Sun Eco Advantage Program
in Java Entrepreneur, on April 16, 2008
...ialized training on delivering consolidation and virtualization services to reduce customers' operational costs, improve service quality and reduce the overall carbon footprint
• Sun Eco Assessme...
Orbitz Partners With Harrah's Atlantic City
in The Gambling Weblog, on April 13, 2008
...
Harrah's Atlantic City is taking an active role in trying to revitalize Atlantic City's struggling casino industry.
Harrah's has entered into an extensive agreement with Orbitz.com, w...
Is It Live or Is It the WSOP Main Event?
in Internet Poker, on April 9, 2008
...?
And the biggest one of them all, at that?
Rumors have been swirling about in several blogs that Harrah's is considering moving the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event back 90 d...
Alternative Investment Division Launch In London
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on April 8, 2008
...roup has announced the launch of alternative investment and wealth management technology and operational consultancy divisions in London.
Chief executive John Donohoe said, "The entire f...
Sponsored Post: Spam Archived For Five Years?
in I got Spam?!, on March 20, 2008
... A number of compliance and operational risk acts and frameworks including SOX, hipaa , GLBA, PCI, ISO, BASIL, BASIL II, FFIEC, SEC, NFPA, BC, DR to name a few prescribe the storage of inform...
Motorola Intros 802.11n Products for Indoor Wireless Mesh
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 14, 2008
...dio AP-7131 is designed to support indoor wireless mesh over 802.11n. "With all three [radios] operational, one can be dedicated to client access, one to radio-frequency security scanning, and on...
Metrics
in The CIO Weblog, on March 12, 2008
...on of the importance of collecting, reviewing, and using standard metrics to gauge both project and operational performance.
This post from Ed Yourdon regarding the difficulties that politics intro...
The Sharper Image Refuses Your Gift Card
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 5, 2008
...ny intends to continue to conduct business as usual while it devotes renewed efforts to resolve its operational and liquidity problems and develops a reorganization plan.
However, The Sharper Image ...
B-2 Stealth Bomber Crashes
in The Aviation Weblog, on February 23, 2008
... of the four had taken off before the crash.
The B-2 Spirit first flew in July 1989, and the first operational aircraft was delivered in December 1993. The B-2 made its combat debut in Operation Alli...
SPONSOR POST: What is Prime Brokerage
in The Hedge Funds Weblog, on February 21, 2008
... following services:
Account consolidation
Trade execution
Stock loan
Margin financing
Operational support
New Issue Services
Services may also include assistance with introducin...
Is Vonage Turning The Corner?
in The VoIP Weblog, on February 19, 2008
...t refinanced.
$190 million in cash on-hand.
Company now operating at a profit, at least on an operational basis.
It sounds good on paper, of course, but I'm failing to see the draw-or ...
Outsourcing Accounts Payable still remains at low level
in Supplychainer, on February 18, 2008
...next 3 years:
It is clear from this graph that companies recognize that there are significant operational benefits and opportunities in continuing to leverage automated tools by outsourcing acco...
Open-source VM infrastructure management
in The CIO Weblog, on February 18, 2008
... bottom-up approach of open-source projects in considering primarily the technical, rather than the operational, issues of virtualization.
Today I ran across an interesting new open-source offering, ...
Société Générale fallout: who's next?
in Sox First, on February 18, 2008
... the magnitude of the loss. Risk control was too oriented toward market risk, at the expense of operational risk and fraud risk in trading activities." No surprises there. Questions are now be...
Green supply chain management gains importance
in Supplychainer, on February 7, 2008
...quot; supply chains, the process by which products and services get from design to delivery and the operational area of many enterprises that is widely believed to leave the most significant environme...
Slot Player Turns Down $20K Jackpot In Atlantic City
in The Gambling Weblog, on February 6, 2008
...ls cheated out of $66,000.00.
That's exactly what happened to 77-year-old Angela Domino at Harrah's Atlantic City Casino recently.
The feisty South Jersey slot machine player hit a jackp...
微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo
in Wangtam, on February 1, 2008
Update: 微软官方已经出具 PR ，确认将以 31 美元一股的价格全面收购 Yahoo。问题是微软现在手头的资金大约为 210 亿美元，难道交易还需要以股换股？
微软收购 Yahoo 的传言在去年下半年开始，一直不断。 M2 刚刚又有消息称 ，微软已经向 Yahoo 董事会提交收购报价，计划以每股 31 美元收购后者全部已发行普通股，交易总价值约为 446 亿美元。以下是 TC 公布 的一份邮件内容：
微软出价 446 亿美元欲收购 Yahoo
in M2 十字街口, on February 1, 2008
微软收购 Yahoo 的传言在去年下半年开始，一直不断。刚刚又有消息称，微软已经向 Yahoo 董事会提交收购报价，计划以每股 31 美元收购后者全部已发行普通股，交易总价值约为 446 亿美元。以下是 TC 公布 的一份邮件内容：
Those of you waiting for a call from Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on January 17, 2008
...ole, having served as CTO at GM and VP for Operation at Bristol-Meyers Squibb... the combination of operational and technical experience is a good foundation for CIOs, many of whom unfortunately rise ...
The privacy of private equity
in Sox First, on January 15, 2008
...d the issue of what profits private equity makes from financial engineering, multiple expansion and operational improvements. Instead, these figures will only be produced for the industry as a whole. ...
Raikes to retire from Microsoft
in The CIO Weblog, on January 10, 2008
...also provide some of the freedom and agility required to make some of the significant strategic and operational changes which must be made to stay ahead of the market. Todd Bishop quotes an internal e...
Harrah's Sale Clears Another Hurdle
in Internet Poker, on December 30, 2007
...are no different then any other business when it comes to profit margins and stockholders. Recently Harrah's Entertainment was taken over by two investment groups: Apollo Management and TPG Capita...
Harrah's Chester Casino Gets Triple Slingo Slot Machines
in The Gambling Weblog, on December 22, 2007
...
Source:www.harrahs.com
"Triple Slingo" slot machines are new and already they have attracted a considerable number of fans.
Harrah's Chester, Pa. Casino and Racetrack, which already...
New Points-based Immigration Scheme for the UK
in Global Mobility Report, on December 20, 2007
...oints will be based on qualification, age and previous earnings.
See New immigration system to be operational in UK from new year , PTI World News, December 18, 2007, for the rest of the story....
Microsoft Document Describes Expected Vista SP1 Features
in Networking for Pros, on December 20, 2007
...fixes to the release, which is expected in early 2008.
The patches will concentrate on correcting operational failures, improving performance, preventing data loss and including features that were o...
